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Education in the Philippines (revisited)
jjcabgou:
I would never compare the edIucation system here to that of the USA. I am putting my nieces thru school (a private school), and I can tell you first hand, without question, the education in the Philippines is far far inferior to the education one would get in the USA. Not so much a praise for the US education system, but more a smearing of education in this country.
BudM:
--- Quote from: Hestecrefter on April 15, 2018, 09:08:38 AM ---BudM, your post was made while I was still replying to Lee.
What you say makes sense. I think the US military would be an excellent choice if you can cultivate some interest.
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Yeah, I think. I only did six years active but I worked around the military almost all my life and I think I am military minded in a lot of things. He could enlist for a few and it would give him time to get accustomed to things and decide from there if he wants to stick with it further, do something else in the US, or come back to the Philippines. He might stay and come back when he retires or who knows. If he made at least a 20 year career (I probably won't see that even if they still have a 20 year retirement by then) but I should make it long enough to know that he is close to it and well on his way to a good start for a good life for himself and to check in with his mama to make sure she doesn't spend too much of her money all at once or helping the wrong people and in turn giving it away while she is still around. He can go to college if he wants while he is in the military and be in a more desirable (to me) atmosphere while doing it.
By the way, my wife failed to attend college in her early years as her mama passed right when my wife had finished high school. She also attended school in the province as she boarded with two her cousins to go to a Catholic school in Libmanan, CamSur. And from the quality of what her education appears to have been, I am convinced that there is better schooling out in the province in most instances. College is important to her though and it has been almost 30 years since she was in high school. She has seven sisters who went to college and she was the only one who did not and I think she has felt inferior to them, which if you ask me, she has done better then them. So, a year ago, she began for a BS in Business doing trimesters. She goes during the morning and has a group of kids who are part of "their" group who sign up for classes together, etc. I go to her office usually once a week for a couple of hours and if in between classes, some have usually stopped by as the school is right down the road. They are all bright kids from what I can tell and I know most of them have come from the provinces except for one of the girls is from Davao. A couple of them appear to me to even be some kind of Einsteins. So, it can't be all that bad.
BudM:
--- Quote from: jjcabgou on April 15, 2018, 10:02:57 AM ---I would never compare the edIucation system here to that of the USA. I am putting my nieces thru school (a private school), and I can tell you first hand, without question, the education in the Philippines is far far inferior to the education one would get in the USA. Not so much a praise for the US education system, but more a smearing of education in this country.
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I disagree with that and think it is smearing unfairly but like they say.....see below.
Peter:
Bud.
< ... If not, and he has to resort to something else, well, the Philippine Military is getting now some halfway decent wages................
.... >
One thing to aware of, at the present time only those with "full" Filipino nationality are permitted to enrol/sign up for the Philippines' military. Dual citizens are NOT permitted to join.
Information from a Philippine Navy recruiter last month.
Similar rules are also in place for most of (elected) government posts.
Peter
Art, just a re(tired) Fil-Am:
I was born here in the Philippines, but grew up in Northern and Southern Caifornia during my youth and young adult years with my older brother.
I wasn't much interested in school, as it was boring to me and felt like a waste of time.
When I graduated from highschool, a year later I joined the U.S. Air Force and they sent me to numerous technical schools to train to become an aircraft technician.
I spent 12 yrs active duty and transitioned into a Civil Service position for 18 yrs doing the same work. I retired after a combined service of 30 yrs.
I did Ok for an individual without any school smarts, but earned a decent living with the U.S. Government Department of Defense.
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